Disconnecting The Usb Floppy Disk Drive; Using Optical Media Drives; Loading Discs - Toshiba Qosmio F10-124 User Manual

Disconnecting the USB floppy disk drive

When you have finished using the floppy disk drive, follow the procedures
below to disconnect it:
1. Wait for the indicator light to go out to make sure all floppy disk activity
has stopped.
If you disconnect the floppy disk drive or turn off the power while the
computer is accessing the drive you may lose data or damage the floppy
disk or the drive.
2. Click the Safety Remove Hardware icon on the Task Bar.
3. Click floppy disk drive.
4. Pull the floppy disk drive USB connector out of the computer's USB
port.

Using optical media drives

The full-size drive provides high-performance execution of CD/DVD-ROM-
based programs. You can run either 12 cm (4.72") or 8 cm (3.15") CD/
DVDs without using an adaptor. An ATAPI interface controller is used for
CD/DVD-ROM operation. When the computer is accessing a CD/DVD, an
indicator on the drive glows.
Use the WinDVD application to view DVD-Video discs.
If you have a DVD Super Multi drive, refer also to the
DVD Super Multi drive

Loading discs

To load CD/DVDs, follow the steps below and refer to figures 4-3 to 4-7.
1. a. When the power is on, press the eject button to open the drawer
User's Manual
section for precautions on writing to CD/DVDs.
slightly.
Eject button
Pressing the eject button
Operating Basics
Writing CD/DVDs on
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